Eurex Clearing Implements triReduce Post-trade infrastructure provider TriOptima announced that Eurex Clearing members recently completed the first successful triReduce compression cycle for cleared euro (EUR) interest rate swaps (IRS), officials say. “Portfolio compression” reduces the size of an existing over-the-counter, interest rate swaps portfolio “with respect to the number of trades and notional through early… Read More >>
CFTC, EU Finally Agree on a Clearing Deal
After three years of often bitter political squabbling, the European Commission and its U.S. counterpart the commodities regulator CFTC finally reached an agreement on a common approach to equivalent recognition of central clearing counterparties (CCPs). The two sides, which oversee around 90 percent of the $553 trillion derivatives market, have been at loggerheads over mutual… Read More >>
